Iomega Corporation

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Ryan Osterhout

Allen T Bracken

Scott P Thomas

Paul C Kunz

Dominic D'Andrea

Mark Ciesko

David S Greenhalgh

Jeanette Numbers

Spencer W Stout

José Castillo

Andy Jellum

Mark H Pond

Derek C Anderson

Robert B McMaster

Doyle Jay Orr, Jr

A removable data cartridge is protected from air-transported particles such as dust, excessive moisture, contaminants, and the like by filtering or otherwise conditioning the airflow at initial startup. The recording media in the data cartridge is initially spun at a rate of speed higher than the operating speed for a brief period of time. By spinning the media at the increased speed, any particles in the cartridge will be removed by the filters. After the initial cleaning period, the spin speed of the media is reduced to a normal operating level.

High speed cleanup of removable storage device

A removable storage cartridge includes an air transport unit for processing airflow while the cartridge is installed in a disk drive, with the air transport unit recirculating air without interfering with the rotation of a storage disk in the cartridge or interfering with the movement of a read/write head actuator into close proximity with the storage medium on the disk.

Enhanced airflow conditioning system for removable data storage cartridge

An information storage device ( ) includes a cartridge ( ) which can be removably inserted into a cradle ( ) coupled by a cable ( ) to a host computer. The cartridge includes an outer housing ( ) containing a chamber ( ), and having an electrical connector ( ) on the exterior. An inner housing ( ) contains a hard disk mechanism, and is resiliently supported within the chamber by four resilient elements ( ). A flex circuit ( ) extends from the inner housing to the connector, and permits relative movement of the inner and outer housings. The resilient elements are formed by cutting a cross-shaped part ( ) from a foam sheet, cutting two square parts ( ) from a different foam sheet, adhesively laminating the outer parts to opposite sides of the center part, and then cutting the resulting assembly along two planes to form the four resilient elements.

Method and apparatus for protecting a hard disk drive from shock

Storage device, storage device enclosure, and support for a storage device enclosure

Storage device

This parachute flare igniter assembly has a novel slider for attaining high reliability in firing efficiency. The slider moves along a raceway of an igniter assembly housing. Also disposed in the housing is a cartridge retained in a stationary state relative to the housing. The cartridge includes a stationary primer and a spring. A striker arm connected to the cartridge is movable into a cocked state in which the spring urges the striker arm towards the primer. The slider has an igniter composition chamber and a cocking wall portion, and is movable in tandem with the igniter composition chamber along at least a portion of the length of said raceway from a loaded position to a firing position. In the loaded position, the striker arm is maintained in the cocked state by the cocking wall portion. In the firing position, the igniter composition chamber is aligned and in communication with the primer and the striker arm is free of the cocking wall portion to permit the spring to drive the striker arm from the cocked state into the primer with the force sufficient to detonate the primer.

Igniter assembly actuated by parachute deployment, and flare containing the same

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Layton, UT, United States of America

Ryan Osterhout